Music
I make music under two pseudonyms...
I go by the name 'patamystic' on social media. It's a word I made up in response to another made up word, 'pataphysics.' So my first few musical creations were done under that name. This music is electronic, experimental, and includes spoken word elements. Here's an example:
(The child's voice in that is my granddaughter Madeleine. There's a story there, link to come.)
Now I'm mostly making music under a new made up name, 'pumiqxt,' (pronounced pum-uh-quit). Long story, I'll relate elsewhere. The reason for the new name is that since November 2024, my musical interest has broadened to include an appreciation for harsh music. What is harsh music? It's exactly what you might think.
There are a tone of different genres of electronic music that are related: industrial, drone, noise, industrial drone, industrial noise, ambient noise, harsh wall, noise wall, etc. This is the kind of music I'm mostly making now, and I wanted to keep it separate from my other music. Here's a an example:
Not exactly easy listening, right?
I mentioned November 2024 as the time my interest in harsh music began. Gee, I wonder what happened during that month that might have nudged me into finding new forms of creative expression?
The above song admittedly is going to have very limited appeal, and I'm fine with that. I make what I make because it's what I need to make. I am reacting to what I see happening in the world, specifically in these united states. Times are harsh.
How does one create art under fascism? My answer is by responding to it. Much of my new music is protest music. Here's one that is responding to a recent publicly released Palantir Shareholder Call featuring the words of CEO Alex Karp, who is among the world's most despicable humans:
And this next one is responding to a speech that Vice Führer Vance gave to the Munich Security Conference (I hope you'll listen to all of this, because it highlights why Hitler wanted to assassinate The Three Stooges):
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